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BBC News |
2:56pm PDT |
Clinton campaigns for Obama cause |
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Summary: Hillary Clinton makes her first solo campaign appearance for the Democratic presidential hopeful, Barack Obama. |
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Cnn.com |
2:54pm PDT |
Fighting with Russia spreads across Georgia |
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Summary: tanks and warplanes, and he accused Russia of targeting civilians as tensions over the breakaway Georgian region of South Ossetia appeared to boil over into full-blown conflict. The United States is calling for an immediate cease-fire.
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Yahoo News |
2:50pm PDT |
Phelps begins record quest on day one of Games
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Swimmer Michael Phelps plunges into his
quest for an unprecedented eight golds on Saturday after China
dazzled the world at the Olympics' opening ceremony. |
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BBC News |
2:47pm PDT |
Dale gets boot from Big Brother |
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Summary: Trainee teacher Dale Howard becomes the eighth contestant to be evicted from this year's Big Brother house. |
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Cnn.com |
2:25pm PDT |
Behind the Scenes: Inside the Gitmo courtroom |
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Summary: It's not often you get to be an eyewitness to history, especially with a front row seat. But I definitely had the feeling that a bit of legal history was made in the small, windowless courtroom down in Guantanamo Bay, even as both sides argued what it mea |
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ChristianPost |
2:07pm PDT |
Joel Osteen Says Wife Did Not Assault Flight Attendant |
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Summary: Renowned pastor Joel Osteen told jurors Friday that his wife never assaulted a flight attendant over a small spill on her airplane seat. |
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Cnn.com |
1:53pm PDT |
Edwards admits to extramarital affair |
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Summary: Former Sen. John Edwards has admitted having an extramarital affair in 2006. In a written statement today, the former Democratic presidential candidate said he "made a serious error in judgment and conducted myself in a way that was disloyal to my family |
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BBC News |
1:53pm PDT |
Anniversary service for Newlove |
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Summary: A memorial service is due to take place to mark the first anniversary of the murder of a Cheshire father-of-three who was attacked in Warrington. |
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ChristianPost |
1:42pm PDT |
Guyana Issues Warrants in U.S. Missionaries' Deaths |
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Summary: Guyana police have issued arrest warrants for two Brazilians accused of killing a U.S. missionary couple in 2005, authorities said Wednesday, the first charges brought in the case. |
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Yahoo News |
1:40pm PDT |
Detroit mayor freed, but facing new charges
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Indicted Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick
was freed on Friday after spending one night in jail, but with
new restrictions on his movements and facing fresh assault
charges. |
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Yahoo News |
1:32pm PDT |
Clinton says she wants Obama to win White House
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Hillary Rodham Clinton told an exuberant crowd Friday she wants Barack Obama to win the White House, even though he dashed her own presidential dreams — and she wants her supporters to vote that way, too. |
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Yahoo News |
1:28pm PDT |
Favre touches down in New York
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Cameras flashing by the dozens, a wide-eyed Brett Favre took his first steps into the New York spotlight. "Just like home," the Jets' newest quarterback said Friday with a deep breath and a sheepish grin. Get used to it, Brett. This is only the begin |
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Yahoo News |
1:26pm PDT |
Guantanamo convict eligible for "movie night"
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Guantanamo's only convict was moved to a prison wing all by
himself hours after U.S. military jurors found him guilty of
driving Osama bin Laden, his lawyers said. |
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Yahoo News |
1:26pm PDT |
Russia, Georgia seek control of South Ossetia capital
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Georgia said on Friday its
forces were in control of the capital of the breakaway region
of South Ossetia, but rebels said Russian armored vehicles had
entered the northern edges of the city. |
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Cnn.com |
1:18pm PDT |
Stocks end the week with a bang |
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Summary: Stocks surged Friday afternoon, with the Dow industrials rocketing up more than 300 points, as oil prices resumed their decline, sinking over $4 a barrel to three-month lows, and the dollar extended its rally against major currencies.
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Cnn.com |
1:13pm PDT |
Report: Edwards admits to extramarital affair |
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Summary: Former Sen. John Edwards has admitted having an extramarital affair and lying about it during his presidential campaign. The admission came in an interview with ABC News, to be aired tonight. Edwards denies, however, that he is the father of the 42-year-o |
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Cnn.com |
1:03pm PDT |
Mexican cartels grow pot in U.S. national forest |
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Summary: Mexican drug cartels are smuggling illegal immigrants into the United States to grow marijuana farms inside a U.S. national treasure, authorities say. A raid this week found $1 billion worth of the plants in the Sequoia National Forest. "These aren't Chee |
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Cnn.com |
1:03pm PDT |
Mexican cartels grow pot in U.S. national forests |
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Summary: Mexican drug cartels are smuggling illegal immigrants into the United States to grow marijuana farms inside a U.S. national treasure, authorities say. A raid this week found $1 billion worth of the plants in the Sequoia National Forest. "These aren't Chee |
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Yahoo News |
1:01pm PDT |
Osteen's wife denies assaulting flight attendant
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The wife of evangelist Joel Osteen has testified that she did not assault a flight attendant over a spill on her first-class seat. Victoria Osteen said Friday she was dumbfounded that Continental Airlines attendant Sharon Brown accused her of assault |
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Yahoo News |
12:54pm PDT |
'American Idol' crooner Clay Aiken becomes a father
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Former "American Idol" runner-up Clay Aiken is a father. |
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Yahoo News |
12:51pm PDT |
Iraqi cleric Muqtada al-Sadr reorganizes militia
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr ordered most of his militiamen to disarm but said Friday he will maintain elite fighting units to resist the Americans if a timetable for the withdrawal of U.S. troops is not established. |
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Yahoo News |
12:46pm PDT |
Edwards admits to affair, denies fathering child
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Former Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards on Friday admitted to an extramarital affair while his wife was battling cancer. He denied fathering the woman's daughter. Edwards told ABC News that he lied repeatedly about the affair with 42-ye |
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Yahoo News |
12:44pm PDT |
Researchers study mercury in the Great Salt Lake
(AP)
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Summary: AP - The Great Salt Lake is so briny that swimmers bob in the water like corks. It is teeming with tiny shrimp that were sold for years in the back of comic books as magical "sea monkeys." And, for reasons scientists cannot explain, it is heavily laden wi |
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Yahoo News |
12:41pm PDT |
In corn country, McCain says no to ethanol support
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Republican presidential candidate John McCain didn't mince words Friday at the Iowa State Fair, telling corn producers he didn't want to subsidize their ethanol but was eager to help market farm products around the world. |
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Yahoo News |
12:39pm PDT |
Russia thrusts into South Ossetia; clashes with Georgia reported
(AFP)
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Summary: AFP - Russian tanks and troops surged into Georgia's breakaway South Ossetia province on Friday to repel a Georgian offensive to reclaim the region amid fighting said to have left hundreds dead. |
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Yahoo News |
12:37pm PDT |
John Edwards admits affair: report
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - Former U.S. Democratic presidential
candidate John Edwards has admitted to having had an
extramarital affair with a woman he met in a New York City bar
in 2006, ABC News reported on Friday. |
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Yahoo News |
12:28pm PDT |
U.S. hints Monday deadline for North Korea will lapse
(Reuters)
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Summary: Reuters - The United States said on Friday
North Korea had to make "substantial progress" on a
verification plan for its nuclear weapons before being taken
off a U.S. list of state sponsors of terrorism. |
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BBC News |
12:19pm PDT |
Russian forces battle Georgians |
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Summary: Russia engages in fierce clashes in Georgia's breakaway South Ossetia region, reports say, amid fears of all-out war. |
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Yahoo News |
12:17pm PDT |
Joel Osteen denies wife assaulted flight attendant
(AP)
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Summary: AP - Renowned evangelical pastor Joel Osteen told jurors Friday that his wife never assaulted a flight attendant over a small spill on her airplane seat. Osteen was called as a witness Friday in the civil trial of a lawsuit filed by Continental Airlines f |
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BBC News |
12:16pm PDT |
Seven dead in Czech train crash |
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Summary: Seven people die and around 70 are hurt as an international express train hits a collapsed bridge in the Czech Republic. |
